Bad weather in Canada, a state of emergency declared in British Columbia

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The Canada is back in the vice of the maltembit. After record heat and fires that devastated the country last summer, now there British Columbia, the westernmost province of the state, is ended up underwater because of the rains torrential, of floods and the consequent ones landslides. Here it was state of emergency declared

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A handout satellite image acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites and made available by Copernicus, the European Union's Earth Observation Program, shows the greater Vancouver area (CR), British Columbia (BC), Canada, 16 November 2021 (issued 17 November 2021). According to the BC Government, floods and mudslides after record rainfall in the region have impacted highways and major routes in and around the greater Vancouver area. ANSA / EUROPEAN UNION, COPERNICUS SENTINEL-2 IMAGERY HANDOUT - MANDATORY CREDIT: EUROPEAN UNION, contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2021 - HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES

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Experts speak of the “worst storm in a century”

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Frame from AFP video on ANSA website - Bad weather in Canada, floods and landslides in British Columbia A helicopter rescues a group of motorists stranded on the road between Hope and Agassiz

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The security minister Mike Farnworth believes the meteorological situation is “undoubtedly related to climate changeor”. Bill Blair, Minister for Emergency Preparedness, confirmed that “in response to extreme flooding in southern British Columbia we have approved the deployment of air support of the Canadian forces to assist in evacuation efforts, support the supply chain and protect residents from floods and landslides ”

Bad weather, the mayor of Cagliari: state of natural disaster

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The budget at the moment is a dead. It is a woman whose lifeless body was found in a landslide that took place last Monday on Highway 99, near Lillooet (250 km north of Vancouver). This was reported by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which he speaks of thousands of displaced people, even if the number has not been specified. On Wednesday 17 November alone, 7,000 inhabitants of the city of Merritt, 300 km from Vancouver, were evacuated. Two people are missing

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The municipal administration of Meritt stated it state of alert, which will remain in force for more than a week, have made it known by the municipality. It was also rail connection with the port of Vancouver interrupted, fundamental for the supply of the metropolis

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Justin Trudeau, Canadian premier, has guaranteed that the federal government is ready to “provide all assistance needed to lift you out of floods and extreme weather conditions. We are here for you ”, he said addressing the population affected by bad weather

A handout photo made available by the Royal Canadian Air Force showing rescue operations following flooding caused by days of rain in Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada, 16 November 2021 (issued 17 November 2021). One person in reported dead and flooding has caused damage to roads and bridges in western Canada near Vancouver. ANSA / ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY / NO SALES

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In the meantime, even the fears United States: for the next Thanksgiving (the day of Thanksgiving) one is in fact foreseen storm and the state of Washington, on the Pacific coast of the USA, has already been hit by bad weather: 158 thousand families they remained without electricity

Frame from AFP video on ANSA website - Canada, highway blocked by a landslide: shots from above The landslide caused by bad weather, a woman overwhelmed and killed

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“At the moment a storm is expected that it will disrupt the traffic of planes, trains and cars“, the CNN meteorologist Chad Myers sounded the alarm

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According to experts the storm it could start already Sunday in the Midwest strengthening gradually during its “journey” towards the East Coast, which should reach between Monday or Tuesday, bringing strong winds And snow in some areas to the north, temporal And rains forts further south

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Weather alert also on New York and on the coast, where climatic conditions are expected to worsen

Source-tg24.sky.it

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